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despite pledging to halt its offensive a brief visit by egypt's prime minister who arrived to show support for palestinians says two people were killed in the latest strike following the deaths of nineteen palestinians including civilians since the start. reports from tel aviv . that ten silence i was reporting on before hardly had any time to last almost as soon as the announcement was made that egypt's prime minister was inside gaza that was that announcement was followed hot on the heels by the first sightings of both rockets being fired out of gaza almost as if nothing that happened and israeli air strikes in response it seemed that in hindsight all the hope that have been placed around this visit the possibility of a cease fire being broke it seems to have been shattered egypt's prime minister was meeting how mass is prime minister in gaza and they were touring around the territory they were inside the hospital visiting some of the wounded when apparently two fresh victims were reportedly a child of an israeli airstrike were brought in whilst egypt's prime minister was there and he re
despite pledging to halt its offensive a brief visit by egypt's prime minister who arrived to show support for palestinians says two people were killed in the latest strike following the deaths of nineteen palestinians including civilians since the start. reports from tel aviv . that ten silence i was reporting on before hardly had any time to last almost as soon as the announcement was made that egypt's prime minister was inside gaza that was that announcement was followed hot on the heels by...
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terrorists heard only terrorists are targeted while the visit of egyptian of the prime minister of egypt israel didn't and didn't attack any target in gaz but hamas here is the target israeli civilians while the visit of the prime minister of egypt and i suggest you check the information because there it cannot be people hurt while the visit of the prime minister of egypt because we didn't also we are certainly going to show you the information. you are absolutely right according to the i.d.f. no airstrikes were carried out on the gaza strip during the during the visit of the egyptian prime minister although somehow two palestinians did manage to die the israeli army and the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only. to stop the firing of rockets from israel or cities don't because really schools israeli children and if we will need some ground. with certainly will consider so. for more on what's going on in gaza i'm joined by harry theer he's a documentary filmmaker and activist he's right there in gaza itself. what do you see happening there at the moment a
terrorists heard only terrorists are targeted while the visit of egyptian of the prime minister of egypt israel didn't and didn't attack any target in gaz but hamas here is the target israeli civilians while the visit of the prime minister of egypt and i suggest you check the information because there it cannot be people hurt while the visit of the prime minister of egypt because we didn't also we are certainly going to show you the information. you are absolutely right according to the i.d.f....
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a new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers with the opposition calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. on the world's most famous whistleblower jewel in the sun promises more astonishing wiki leaks revelations speaks exclusively to our t.v. at the ecuadorian embassy in london. news and much more twenty four seven and you're watching r.t. palestine has one long awaited state recognition at the u.n. after more than two thirds of members voted in favor of upgrading its status the decision came as a blow to israel and the u.s. who opposed the move calling it counterproductive well correspondent. and activist and filmmaker haifa in gaza have more now on how this historic vote was received in both camps. these ladies certainly are downplaying the significance of this vote although we have seen them would use the kind of rhetoric that they've been acting over the past few weeks and months certainly they're no longer issuing the same kinds of threats that they were before presumably because they understand that this will onl
a new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers with the opposition calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. on the world's most famous whistleblower jewel in the sun promises more astonishing wiki leaks revelations speaks exclusively to our t.v. at the ecuadorian embassy in london. news and much more twenty four seven and you're watching r.t. palestine has one long awaited state recognition at the u.n. after more than two thirds of...
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a new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers the opposition in the calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. palestinian triumph and israeli diplomatic defeat as the u.n. overwhelmingly voted to recognize palestine as a de facto sovereign state upgrading its status in the organization. of the world's most famous. son promises more astonishing we can expect relations as he speaks exclusively to r.t. the ecuadorian embassy in london. i know you're watching r.t. live from moscow i'm carrie dunst and welcome to the program. palestine has one long awaited state recognition at the u.n. after more than two thirds of member states voted in favor of upgrading its status the decision came as a blow to israel and the u.s. who harshly oppose the move calling it counterproductive for more on how this historic vote was received in both camps we have our correspondent there in tel aviv and i fear activist and filmmaker in gaza. to you first now that the u.n. has upgraded palestinian status what's the feeling in israel regarding where t
a new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers the opposition in the calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. palestinian triumph and israeli diplomatic defeat as the u.n. overwhelmingly voted to recognize palestine as a de facto sovereign state upgrading its status in the organization. of the world's most famous. son promises more astonishing we can expect relations as he speaks exclusively to r.t. the ecuadorian embassy in...
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egypt has been in the long time especially because of the constitutional. process. between islamists and. nothing's going and especially on the run we were. also on the fact that he broke the. cease fire has given him an overall international legitimacy and also. so from now on him to continue. to. be sure and. also rob. just want to make any. progress now given the situation has happened. it's a terrible situation. i mean in this battle between the supporters of the muslim brotherhood and the liberal opposition which is the some consider the strongest side at this point. ok the muslim brotherhood of mobilization. and the fact that they're. going to continue to this trend is not mine. so in other words her and alexander which borders of running. a secular candidate. and she controls the. streets. don't have to come to a compromise with. vincent. and also it's also become very confusing since and now when you say. i want you to. come. on ledges and. confusing and so. it's really hard it's going on a time a big confusing mess no way to go will be watching closely at t
egypt has been in the long time especially because of the constitutional. process. between islamists and. nothing's going and especially on the run we were. also on the fact that he broke the. cease fire has given him an overall international legitimacy and also. so from now on him to continue. to. be sure and. also rob. just want to make any. progress now given the situation has happened. it's a terrible situation. i mean in this battle between the supporters of the muslim brotherhood and the...
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egypt faces more street riots as opposition activists called for boycotting a new draft constitution now this same poses as long as vision brads down freedom. and the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange promises more astonishing with these revelations as he speaks exclusively tortilla with the word embassy. in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie palestine is one long awaited recognition at the u.n. after more than two thirds of member states voted in favor of upgrading its status the decision came as a blow to israel and the u.s. who harshly opposed the move calling it counterproductive right after the historic vote my colleague john thomas spoke to our correspondent in new york and tel aviv as well as an activist in gaza. one hundred thirty eight countries including russia voted in support of the draft resolution that now elevates palestine status to non member observer state palestine will be able to join the international criminal court this would allow palestine to press for investigations into israel's practices in the occupied territories it w
egypt faces more street riots as opposition activists called for boycotting a new draft constitution now this same poses as long as vision brads down freedom. and the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange promises more astonishing with these revelations as he speaks exclusively tortilla with the word embassy. in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie palestine is one long awaited recognition at the u.n. after more than two thirds of member states voted in favor of...
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better more enhanced improved but of course another difference here is the changing of the guards in egypt i know former president hosni mubarak had closed off the rafał crossing in two thousand and eight between gaza and egypt but the new president president mohamed morsi has not done so talk about what kind of effect this is having paula. well christine i think that's a significant point to make i mean we're looking now at the new egyptian leadership with the muslim brotherhood in power in cairo you do essentially have politicians there who have a much closer alliance to the hamas leadership in gaza but having said that though they do have a very delicate line to follow it's a balancing act that on the one hand they want to be true to their support base they want to respond to what people on the egyptian street are saying and that is to give support to hamas but on the other hand morsi and his government will not one to a made the united states so he they receive millions of dollars every year in funding from washington and so they'll want to be seen not to be too much in the hands of a
better more enhanced improved but of course another difference here is the changing of the guards in egypt i know former president hosni mubarak had closed off the rafał crossing in two thousand and eight between gaza and egypt but the new president president mohamed morsi has not done so talk about what kind of effect this is having paula. well christine i think that's a significant point to make i mean we're looking now at the new egyptian leadership with the muslim brotherhood in power in...
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egypt's prime minister was meeting how mass is prime minister as well in gaza and they were touring around the territory they were inside the hospital visiting some of the wounded when apparently two fresh victims when reportedly a child of an israeli air strike were brought in whilst egypt's prime minister was there and he reportedly said that he described the situation in gaza as a disaster saying i simply cannot keep quiet israel must stop its aggression egypt really throwing its weight behind the gardens and how much they're saying you know it is it is israel that bears the burden for this escalation in aggression however rockets have also been for being fired out of out of gaza and territory hamas and other militants there as well and since this truce is supposed to have been observed there have been israelis having to take cover in southern israel as well so that can we say that there are some signs of a ground invasion getting closer than. they are indeed there are a number of factors that point to that thirty thousand israeli reservists are ready to be called up they've also
egypt's prime minister was meeting how mass is prime minister as well in gaza and they were touring around the territory they were inside the hospital visiting some of the wounded when apparently two fresh victims when reportedly a child of an israeli air strike were brought in whilst egypt's prime minister was there and he reportedly said that he described the situation in gaza as a disaster saying i simply cannot keep quiet israel must stop its aggression egypt really throwing its weight...
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muslim video called the innocence of muslims at the same time that there were protests going on in egypt about this video people didn't like it they found it extremely offensive so immediately following that was the public sort of proclamation of what this was about you may remember also u.n. ambassador susan rice appearing on all those sunday talk shows five different shows in which she also brought up this video that was the information that she said she had at the time that this was a protest gone bad and that was the reason for it well as recently as this week senators lindsey graham senator john mccain republican senators said that u.n. ambassador rice is not to be trusted and that if president obama is even considering her name as one to consider for the future secretary. state position that he should rethink that decision and i was out the press conference with the president on wednesday and here is his response to that. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace as i've said before she made
muslim video called the innocence of muslims at the same time that there were protests going on in egypt about this video people didn't like it they found it extremely offensive so immediately following that was the public sort of proclamation of what this was about you may remember also u.n. ambassador susan rice appearing on all those sunday talk shows five different shows in which she also brought up this video that was the information that she said she had at the time that this was a...
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the block headed by egypt hopefully. turkey. iran. and the reason for noor of qatar is reaching you full money to gaza also the you know what's considered a step in the direction i should say is that maybe if we. try to start a new chapter in the history of the middle east and it's a history of flaws the parties that this. will try a little above you know. you buy. this kind of problem let's try to do something together let's not play at the goal differences confessional differ because this kind of policy might trigger bigger trouble here you mentioned you mentioned egypt well actually mubarak was a great mediator he was one of the gurus of the political process going on in in the region in africa and how now today once again egypt. managed to to to to to play the made eating real do you agree that it was a great opportunity for colorado to try to regain restore the status of a regional power. joe politically egypt is the heart is this something of. a realization so the new configuration of. influential countries of the world is being
the block headed by egypt hopefully. turkey. iran. and the reason for noor of qatar is reaching you full money to gaza also the you know what's considered a step in the direction i should say is that maybe if we. try to start a new chapter in the history of the middle east and it's a history of flaws the parties that this. will try a little above you know. you buy. this kind of problem let's try to do something together let's not play at the goal differences confessional differ because this...
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prime minister and harasses prime minister on seeing those bodies egypt's prime minister saying that he felt he couldn't keep silent and that israel must stop its aggression in gaza backing up hamas and the garzon people there all of this supposed to have been a truce period that wasn't held and firing by both sides intensifying now as a result of all these casualties and rocket attacks and bombings in the meantime garters former health minister has told us here at r.t. that the israeli army operation is ultimately breaking international law. benefit a little of those studies have proved that israel is using internationally prohibited weapons in quality and quantity they have managed to destroy many buildings and houses using percussion bombs which led to the collapse of many of the surrounding buildings are the bodies of those killed were completely burned and this clearly shows they have used prohibited weapons others died in hospitals and we weren't able to diagnose the causes of their death we're talking here about one hundred sixty injured in these attacks the majority of whom w
prime minister and harasses prime minister on seeing those bodies egypt's prime minister saying that he felt he couldn't keep silent and that israel must stop its aggression in gaza backing up hamas and the garzon people there all of this supposed to have been a truce period that wasn't held and firing by both sides intensifying now as a result of all these casualties and rocket attacks and bombings in the meantime garters former health minister has told us here at r.t. that the israeli army...
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egypt's president mohamed morsi tells senior judges that he stands by the move giving him sweeping new powers as the first victims of the continuing crisis but there is. a separate sentiment dominates in spain's riches region catalonia as pro independence parties win a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for a referendum. and which executive releases a new book urging internet users around the globe to stand up against but in slavyansk like up. their online life from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. egypt's president has met with senior judges outraged at the seizure of power which has made his decisions untouchable at the meeting he told them he acted within his rights and will not reverse the decree this comes as the muslim brotherhood cancel a demonstration planned for tuesday to avoid further violence from all journalist true joins us from current. we've seen very heavy handed tactics from the police we've seen an excessive use of tear gas. has seen the use of birdshot but when it should be given quite severe injuries to the face the stomach had to poo
egypt's president mohamed morsi tells senior judges that he stands by the move giving him sweeping new powers as the first victims of the continuing crisis but there is. a separate sentiment dominates in spain's riches region catalonia as pro independence parties win a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for a referendum. and which executive releases a new book urging internet users around the globe to stand up against but in slavyansk like up. their online life from the new...
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live from moscow with me to bomb with say good to have you with us egypt's capital is experiencing is second straight day of clashes between opponents and supporters of president mohamed morsi and a regime protesters say they have no intention of leaving to heed a for at least a week having announced a message in at the symbolic square people flooded the streets across the country angry at the president's decision to grant himself new powers put him above other branches of government the opposition compared the move to a coup while the latest comments again from egypt's top judges who called it an unprecedented attack on the country's judiciary the demonstrations quickly turned violent as protesters clashed with security forces and progress to vist journalist ahmed fourteen believes the opposition's concerns over the future of democracy in egypt have solid ground. what have mohammad morsi done mobarak in the height of his power could not even dream of achieving morsi is part of the muslim brotherhood and islam or fascist group they have control over their members and their supporters
live from moscow with me to bomb with say good to have you with us egypt's capital is experiencing is second straight day of clashes between opponents and supporters of president mohamed morsi and a regime protesters say they have no intention of leaving to heed a for at least a week having announced a message in at the symbolic square people flooded the streets across the country angry at the president's decision to grant himself new powers put him above other branches of government the...
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let's discuss the latest away hearing from egypt or from the u.k. the journalist and writer neil clark who's on the line from london with a call that this meeting between the judges and the president how can you help resolve the crisis and will it help. well i think we've got to look a bit beyond this crisis this constitutional crisis to understand what is the real problem here in egypt of course there are widespread concerns about the public about what morsi is done in the last few games he said and that's not what people you know hundreds of thousands took to the streets when twenty eleven was to have a new dictator but the underlying cause i think are economic factors and the fact is people voted to morsi because it changes it but the economy has got worse one in four young egyptians are out of work. poverty is on the rise so i think there is this one issue this question szell crisis moment but beyond that there are deep issues in egypt have to be addressed but morsi did say did claim that the extension of his powers were just temporary can he be
let's discuss the latest away hearing from egypt or from the u.k. the journalist and writer neil clark who's on the line from london with a call that this meeting between the judges and the president how can you help resolve the crisis and will it help. well i think we've got to look a bit beyond this crisis this constitutional crisis to understand what is the real problem here in egypt of course there are widespread concerns about the public about what morsi is done in the last few games he...
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i think i think that the critical question for israel is egypt and how is egypt reacting and so far i think israel can be quite satisfied that though they did something quite risky and though what they did was upsetting to egypt because there had been a calm before the assassination that egypt brokered and israel violated that with the assassination. nevertheless they took this risk and the reaction from egypt has been far more muted than it could have been so far the greatest consequence has been for the egyptian ambassador to tel aviv to be withdrawn and that's something that even mubarak did nathan through all analysts with the middle east program of the international crisis group thank you thank you by this latest outburst of violence in the holy land has been left to many on the sidelines and already the lancelot i gave gaza is warning protests worldwide activist and demonstrators in a number of countries have rallied to decry the deaths and demand any needed end to the fighting. that's russia pledges to rate of the latest gaza friends over at the un i'm all for show and public r
i think i think that the critical question for israel is egypt and how is egypt reacting and so far i think israel can be quite satisfied that though they did something quite risky and though what they did was upsetting to egypt because there had been a calm before the assassination that egypt brokered and israel violated that with the assassination. nevertheless they took this risk and the reaction from egypt has been far more muted than it could have been so far the greatest consequence has...
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egypt's muslim door makers vote through a new constitution examining mubarak's rule strengthening islamic big writing protests those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany allows people billion more euros in aid from greece taxpayers you responded for cheap. and israel and the us versus the world as a to dismiss palestine success at the un two thirds of countries david go ahead with statehood bid. around the world and around the clock this is r.t. egypt dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and it's triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals which journalist bell true has the details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly but they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body the key issues is the sharia law which many say the
egypt's muslim door makers vote through a new constitution examining mubarak's rule strengthening islamic big writing protests those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany allows people billion more euros in aid from greece taxpayers you responded for cheap. and israel and the us versus the world as a to dismiss palestine success at the un two thirds of countries david go ahead with statehood bid. around the world and around the clock this is r.t. egypt...
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to doing so egypt today is not egypt yesterday and i think the big question for all of us is yes what is egypt today in this conflict we don't know i think it was a very smart move of conduit to visit gaza today but i think all of us are watching now and see what exactly will be the position of the new georgian government here obviously it's not that close anymore to the u.s. position but whether they go into a confrontation with news radio government we will have to see despite this support from the likes of the u.s. and britain israel really is on thin ice now isn't it is it being increasingly surrounded by extremists bearing in mind the volatility of the region. why do you think it is actually provoking more enemies at this very delicate stage. it's so dangerous and really you know how do we couldn't believe my eyes when when when i saw the first pictures yesterday and. said i think it really has to do with the with the israeli elections coming out of. the euro is really playing with fire here . you putting into the whole equation there that the recent a woman policy i think the cu
to doing so egypt today is not egypt yesterday and i think the big question for all of us is yes what is egypt today in this conflict we don't know i think it was a very smart move of conduit to visit gaza today but i think all of us are watching now and see what exactly will be the position of the new georgian government here obviously it's not that close anymore to the u.s. position but whether they go into a confrontation with news radio government we will have to see despite this support...
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the fury over the president is a sweeping new powers in egypt it claims it's for us alive with a teenager killed in protests just as muhammad pulls his position appears to weaken . separatism holds us away in strains a rigid religion that got the idea as pro independence parties when a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for referendum. and all we can be exerted to julian as laundry release is a new book cutting internet users around the globe to stand up against virtual in slave meant by government. you're watching our live from moscow with me to bomb would say egypt's president is making steps towards a compromise and agreed to meet senior judges are drage at his seizure of power which makes his decisions untouchable it comes as the first blood in clashes over mohamed morsi is controversial decree it's built with the violence and protests showing no signs of easing journalist belled truth is following events. a fifteen year old member of the freedom and justice party which is the muslim brotherhood's political organization died yesterday in the and i owe you guys to
the fury over the president is a sweeping new powers in egypt it claims it's for us alive with a teenager killed in protests just as muhammad pulls his position appears to weaken . separatism holds us away in strains a rigid religion that got the idea as pro independence parties when a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for referendum. and all we can be exerted to julian as laundry release is a new book cutting internet users around the globe to stand up against virtual in...
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egypt's muslim nor make his vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic norms reigniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. the political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion and more units in aid from greece but taxpayers you move a squandered fortune. israel on the us versus the world as the to dismiss palestine success at the un than two thirds of countries gave the go ahead to its statehood bid. do you think that something it's just cable kates could ever happen again the clinics here because of the time next year hopefully earlier than later does the world's top whistleblower have up his sleeve during the sound talks exclusively to r.t. . for costing live from moscow this is r.t. i'm kerry johnston now egypt dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and has triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolutions ideals of journalists well true has the details now from cairo. the problem
egypt's muslim nor make his vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic norms reigniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. the political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion and more units in aid from greece but taxpayers you move a squandered fortune. israel on the us versus the world as the to dismiss palestine success at the un than two thirds of countries gave the go ahead to its statehood bid. do you...
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point zero egypt's been shaken by her we have violent unrest as are any and inside. i don't think so today opposition forces have claimed four million man marches across egypt and also they are continuing that into her but we really will see probably more escalating violence we've seen on the streets recently because of this is what they called a power grab by president morsi was referring to is a very controversial constitution that duration we awarded himself sweeping power as rival protest groups are pro and anti more tea and more see what's his comments on egypt streets really is that she was out of the fair amount of violence in the last week including actually least one that she really people are gearing up for more protests specially as we now have this draft constitution that people rightly regard as illegitimate. all right thanks very much indeed for the sub daytimes bell truth from cairo. well was the growing unrest in egypt as well as protest in libya and tunisia mannie analysts are now questioning just how much change the arab spring has brought to these
point zero egypt's been shaken by her we have violent unrest as are any and inside. i don't think so today opposition forces have claimed four million man marches across egypt and also they are continuing that into her but we really will see probably more escalating violence we've seen on the streets recently because of this is what they called a power grab by president morsi was referring to is a very controversial constitution that duration we awarded himself sweeping power as rival protest...
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prime minister visited gaza the fact that was at a cease fire was apparently broken during the egypt prime minister's visit the i.d.f. has a deny this or who must say that two people were killed during that visit now the egyptian prime minister to the court that he saw children in hospital one of whom was dying it is increasing concern here that they were. loyal troops are massing on the border it was or this have been called out and the situation is extremely tense israel has been threatening to turn this situation to a full fledged rather invasion doesn't seem like we're getting closer to that outcome well it certainly does seem close and we have seen troops massing at the border we know that thousands of reservists have been called out have been speaking to many israelis folks here and outside the country are increasingly concerned that it's just a matter of hours if not days before the order will come from the i.d.f. for this ground offensive to take place the scenes here is that this is an opportunity that the israeli prime minister netanyahu has been waiting for an opportunity
prime minister visited gaza the fact that was at a cease fire was apparently broken during the egypt prime minister's visit the i.d.f. has a deny this or who must say that two people were killed during that visit now the egyptian prime minister to the court that he saw children in hospital one of whom was dying it is increasing concern here that they were. loyal troops are massing on the border it was or this have been called out and the situation is extremely tense israel has been threatening...
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foreign policy flags human rights abuses in countries like syria or egypt and makes one wonder why we condemn one country yet ignore another so what could these u.s. double standards mean for already tense us middle east relationship to help me break this all down and more i'm joined by our to arabic correspondent reba. dia thank you so much for coming on thank you for having me so what do you think about this recent banning of protests in bahrain and why are we hearing about this well then i would say that this is not the only sorry that's not making its way to the mainstream headlines in this country a lot of stories are not making their way to the headlines and a lot of it has to do with policymakers maybe thinking that this is not important enough for that american people to know this is not important enough for to make it to the american. public and this just shows you all how the whole by is the media is here and how they view it that one practice is more important than another product as one killing in one country is more important or less important than another killing in a di
foreign policy flags human rights abuses in countries like syria or egypt and makes one wonder why we condemn one country yet ignore another so what could these u.s. double standards mean for already tense us middle east relationship to help me break this all down and more i'm joined by our to arabic correspondent reba. dia thank you so much for coming on thank you for having me so what do you think about this recent banning of protests in bahrain and why are we hearing about this well then i...
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palestinians and other issues as well egypt is another example because when the practiced i did in egypt the u.s. was very hesitant to label the protesters and labeled the president in that country so. a lot of it i think the arabs look at this and say we are just skeptical of anything that the u.s. is doing right now their intervention or no intervention in any country is a source of skepticism is a source of critique and that's very understandable when you know when the people have not seen it because a consistent position of the u.s. you know it's what's going on in the arab world lived through it i mean the egyptians we basically went to the last moment when we couldn't support mubarak anymore to jump in and be like we support the revolution but let's talk about syria . do you think that we're giving syria so much attention is it to kind of build up the militarization around iran more is it a proxy playground for us to kind of delve into our interest in the region what is going on there and what you think is going to happen a lot of people would give you different answers i don't thi
palestinians and other issues as well egypt is another example because when the practiced i did in egypt the u.s. was very hesitant to label the protesters and labeled the president in that country so. a lot of it i think the arabs look at this and say we are just skeptical of anything that the u.s. is doing right now their intervention or no intervention in any country is a source of skepticism is a source of critique and that's very understandable when you know when the people have not seen...
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russian and the american leadership and he is putting forward a proposal that would seem to work in egypt the united states and russia call for and managed to broker some of taking his cease fires between both israel and gaza now also on saturday the to misinform minister was in gaza to show support for the hamas leadership we also see egypt playing in increasing need of a prequel but of course cairo has a very delicate balance to walk with on the one hand supporting and reflecting the rule of the egyptian people which is see themselves as brothers of those that live in gaza while on the other hand not annoying its international backers such as washington it certainly seems as if a ground invasion is not far off we have witnessed a flurry of activity along the israel gaza border where we have seen israel firing increasing rounds of ammunition from tanks and armored personnel vehicles that have been positioned and moved along the border over the past few days we've also heard from israeli officials who have been eating with foreign diplomats and they say that they plan to extend their oper
russian and the american leadership and he is putting forward a proposal that would seem to work in egypt the united states and russia call for and managed to broker some of taking his cease fires between both israel and gaza now also on saturday the to misinform minister was in gaza to show support for the hamas leadership we also see egypt playing in increasing need of a prequel but of course cairo has a very delicate balance to walk with on the one hand supporting and reflecting the rule of...
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assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis not egypt has been playing and mediate we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached soon and must has to stop on and it's onions role if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during a meeting between i'm asked in a goods and egypt officials in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering some obtain is peace plan so it needs to be said that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've already seen an attempted. when the egyptian prime minister visited gaza recently and during his visit that so-called cease fire was broken both sides. breaking its suit so it doesn't seem at this stage that any kind of c.s.i. is on the plans israel has been mo
assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis not egypt has been playing and mediate we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached soon and must has to stop on and it's onions role if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during a meeting between i'm asked in a goods and egypt officials in...
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opens the border there will be a mass exodus from the civilian population which is exactly what egypt doesn't want and which is exactly why egypt will be on the telephone with washington saying no we cannot tolerate a massive influx from gaza we're going to have to tell israel to cool it state so i think will do so again what is a good outcome for israel in this. the last time i went through this it became more and more isolated israel's going to become even more isolated now. all of the arab spring. i don't worry too much about israeli isolation i worry about them doing the right thing to protect their people i think the good outcome is that everyone understands that when you kill a jew when you kill an israeli that there's a price to be paid and that's exactly what's happening now ninety percent israel's way you buy it on the border being it is not the same war and his right they will be. well that's true i'm not an israeli i'm a jew i'm just happy that israel is defending jewish lives anywhere in the world and in this case in southern israel right israel and if i'm going to give a
opens the border there will be a mass exodus from the civilian population which is exactly what egypt doesn't want and which is exactly why egypt will be on the telephone with washington saying no we cannot tolerate a massive influx from gaza we're going to have to tell israel to cool it state so i think will do so again what is a good outcome for israel in this. the last time i went through this it became more and more isolated israel's going to become even more isolated now. all of the arab...
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because egypt sealed the border and turned into a shooting gallery it turned into a killing you know shooting fish in a barrel which israel prefers israel's the most cowardly army on earth and saw always targets in gaza because it knows there is no resistance from there for example in two thousand and six when the war in lebanon on the run the israelis were terrified at the prospect of a ground invasion and they held off on the ground invasion because they knew that the party of god those are serious fighters and the israelis would suffer serious casualties but the most cowardly army on earth won't do it spoken like a ruler or a just man army or unocal that is really true is is really is. there is true it is true. opens the border there will be a mass exodus from the civilian population which is exactly what egypt doesn't want and which is exactly why egypt will be on the telephone with washington saying no we cannot tolerate a massive influx from gaza we're going to have to tell israel to cool it state so i think will do so again what is a good outcome for israel in this because las
because egypt sealed the border and turned into a shooting gallery it turned into a killing you know shooting fish in a barrel which israel prefers israel's the most cowardly army on earth and saw always targets in gaza because it knows there is no resistance from there for example in two thousand and six when the war in lebanon on the run the israelis were terrified at the prospect of a ground invasion and they held off on the ground invasion because they knew that the party of god those are...
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egypt's muslim nor make a vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule. igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion euros in aid for greece. the path to palestine the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize it statehood despite fears opposition from the u.s. and israel. do you think that something. could ever happen again next year next year. what does the world's top with the sleeve. talks exclusively to r.t. . you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome now egypt's constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and has triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals the journalist has the details. the problem really stems from the concept itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution rights embody th
egypt's muslim nor make a vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule. igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion euros in aid for greece. the path to palestine the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize it statehood despite fears opposition from the u.s. and israel. do you think that something. could ever happen again next year next year. what does the world's top with the...
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decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new. state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past and they never kept their promises that's why most of these people are in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with. so the egyptian president and where he's taking the country is the focus of debate on peta levels cross talk show coming up later this hour but the president was elected democratically elected and he has a mandate for change to support that he has. done we don't have a lot to worry about of course is going to be watch
decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new. state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their...
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then that of course it is not sustainable and it will be broken just as the previous ones had and egypt and the u.s. and israel and hamas everyone will find themselves in this situation again very shortly. as israel pounds gaza with air strikes in the occupied territories palestinian protesters clashed with israeli police israeli authorities a fired tear gas at demonstrators in various spots across the west bank in the village of buddhists a mosque was heavily damaged in a fire allegedly started by jewish settlers and in ramallah crowds marched to support fellow palestinians in gaza. for the latest israeli palestinian violence has also led to protests across the world activism demonstrators in a number of countries of running to decry the deaths and demand an immediate end to the fighting. plus russia pledges to raise the latest offensive at the u. when the pressure of a public reaction and ongoing coverage of the situation both in israel and gaza on our website right now. well that's it for the moment i'll be back with more news for in just a couple of minutes this is not a life here i
then that of course it is not sustainable and it will be broken just as the previous ones had and egypt and the u.s. and israel and hamas everyone will find themselves in this situation again very shortly. as israel pounds gaza with air strikes in the occupied territories palestinian protesters clashed with israeli police israeli authorities a fired tear gas at demonstrators in various spots across the west bank in the village of buddhists a mosque was heavily damaged in a fire allegedly...
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of the citizens of these countries right let's get a check on the international headlines this hour egypt's new president mohamed morsi unilaterally extended his authority with a new constitutional decree his supporters say the move is to protect the revolution while the opposition have brand of him as effectively egypt's new pharaoh calling for mass protests on friday the move includes barring the courts from challenging any decisions made by the president and also protects the upper house of parliament and the islamist dominated assembly which are writing the new constitution he also called for the retrial of his predecessor hosni mubarak over the killing of protesters in the country's uprisings. a suicide bomber has blown up a car loaded with explosives in the wardak province of afghanistan killing two injuring at least sixty others including women and children the blast happened on a street where international and afghan security forces have a coordination office the taliban has claimed responsibility for the bombing saying it was in retaliation for the recent execution of four militant
of the citizens of these countries right let's get a check on the international headlines this hour egypt's new president mohamed morsi unilaterally extended his authority with a new constitutional decree his supporters say the move is to protect the revolution while the opposition have brand of him as effectively egypt's new pharaoh calling for mass protests on friday the move includes barring the courts from challenging any decisions made by the president and also protects the upper house of...
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they fear moscow time reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as the leaders accused of staging a coup by granting him self pharaoh like powers. one palestinians killed more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash from the us territory it's a quote. good evening thanks for joining us if you just have it say pm here is the said this is r.t. international i'm kevin zero in first egypt's security forces have fired tear gas during a rally against president mohamed morsi in tahrir square thousands took to the streets across the country reacting to calls for nationwide demos from opposition leaders the outrage is driven by a new decreed by the president rather himself a wide range of powers that decisions can no longer be repealed by any authority including you to shoot move those been slammed as a coup against legitimacy by the opposition claiming the
they fear moscow time reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as the leaders accused of staging a coup by granting him self pharaoh like powers. one palestinians killed more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash from the us territory it's a quote. good...
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fury against president morsi of egypt kills a teenager in ever more violent protests while the leader himself says he recently adopted only temporary. got along he had taken a step towards breaking away from spain as people vote in favor of separatist parties promising to also the public's opinion on independence. and a glimpse from the frontline in the battle for cyberspace as we keep joining us on treaties is a new book naming the internet's being taken over by governments. you're watching our libel from moscow with me tom would say mass protests across egypt against what's seen as a polygraph by president mohamed morsi have now turned to a teenager was killed on sunday and dozens injured during the clashes police fired tear gas said railing crowds with the opposition staging a sit in at a square cairo based journalist has to details. a fifteen year old member of the freedom and justice party which is the muslim brotherhood's political organization died yesterday in the and. sixteen of egypt during clashes between pro and see brotherhood supporters in addition we've seen very heavy
fury against president morsi of egypt kills a teenager in ever more violent protests while the leader himself says he recently adopted only temporary. got along he had taken a step towards breaking away from spain as people vote in favor of separatist parties promising to also the public's opinion on independence. and a glimpse from the frontline in the battle for cyberspace as we keep joining us on treaties is a new book naming the internet's being taken over by governments. you're watching...
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and the us isn't bad egypt has stood by its its peace treaty with israel so i would say so far so good and on iraq you know it didn't turn out as the bush administration had hoped for i agree with what john said that this is a government that is day by day getting more centralized and perhaps even autocratic what do we do about it are we supposed to invade again and spend another ten years in iraq trying to get them to some point it's i think you know one has why the limits of charity why oh why do american have to go and can take root only from the bottom up why why does america have to get people to a certain point ok why peter you know i like to challenge a little bit the way you've been talking about the subject you keep constantly for a minute is american democracy promotion the interesting thing is that almost every establish democracy in the world whether it's brazil india korea spain australia canada engages in different kinds of international support for democracy there's a tendency i think particularly from the russian point of view to see this sort of democracy promotion sub
and the us isn't bad egypt has stood by its its peace treaty with israel so i would say so far so good and on iraq you know it didn't turn out as the bush administration had hoped for i agree with what john said that this is a government that is day by day getting more centralized and perhaps even autocratic what do we do about it are we supposed to invade again and spend another ten years in iraq trying to get them to some point it's i think you know one has why the limits of charity why oh...
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because as a democratically elected government of gaza it's proved to have so many allies from iran to egypt they have to be part of any peace negotiations for a one party state which will after. scored its victory with the most basic of rockets really these homemade things is a sea change in nature monica the thing to watch is the right in israel and how they react out of the polling numbers for the coming israeli elections show a swing to the so-called extremists but israel's deputy foreign minister says that most of the people hit by israeli strikes deserve it claiming they were armed terrorists and other palestinian health officials and human rights activists say more than two thirds of those killed were civilians the most half of them children israel though says the ratio is lower actually perry a former senior advisor for israel's foreign minister says the casualty figures demonstrate the country's military superiority. israel has invested billions of dollars protecting its people either through more protected rooms so every single rockets which emanated from gaza had the intent to kil
because as a democratically elected government of gaza it's proved to have so many allies from iran to egypt they have to be part of any peace negotiations for a one party state which will after. scored its victory with the most basic of rockets really these homemade things is a sea change in nature monica the thing to watch is the right in israel and how they react out of the polling numbers for the coming israeli elections show a swing to the so-called extremists but israel's deputy foreign...
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divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before they are against dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to that and you. are looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past never kept their promises that's why most of these people in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with this. well you two can share your opinion of what's going on in egypt and what it will eventually lead to by casting a vote on our web site r.t. dot com here's how the votes are lining up so far as of those who voted so far believe that morsi will cancel his new laws in order to stay in power twenty eight percent say thi
divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before they are against dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to that and you. are looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their...
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now bill i would be accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states in egypt we consider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be sending a delegation to gaza this morning sunday that will be headed by the arab league chief and have a number of foreign ministers in may will be trying to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis now egypt has been playing and mediate true what we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached soon and must as i say then start on and it's onions role if the jewish state in that's the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during a meeting between hamas delegates and egypt officials in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by turkey in which it says that two key egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering some obtain is peace plans but it needs to be said that it's not marry c
now bill i would be accused israel of carrying out war crimes he also said that all arab states in egypt we consider the peace treaties with israel we know that the arab league is going to be sending a delegation to gaza this morning sunday that will be headed by the arab league chief and have a number of foreign ministers in may will be trying to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis now egypt has been playing and mediate true what...
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can actually influence for example hamas is egypt egypt has to take this very seriously and they are taking this seriously because they do not want escalation that eventually could involve egypt and this is the last thing the egyptian would like to do the united states does not want to escalate the conflict because this could jeopardize israeli egyptian peace treaty and the rest of the arab countries who practically have done nothing other than condemning israel they know one thing every israel decided to go in they still will not be able to do anything about it and they're going to be looked upon as inept i think best so there is a huge amount a great deal amount of at stake here and that is why the sooner the united states egypt and other powers that have influence need to get together put influence on their respective allies. israel and begin a process to bring about an end to this conflict but i'm afraid it may be even too late at this juncture once major cities in israel are being attacked live in new york dr alan bennett thank you very much indeed for joining us and sorry about
can actually influence for example hamas is egypt egypt has to take this very seriously and they are taking this seriously because they do not want escalation that eventually could involve egypt and this is the last thing the egyptian would like to do the united states does not want to escalate the conflict because this could jeopardize israeli egyptian peace treaty and the rest of the arab countries who practically have done nothing other than condemning israel they know one thing every israel...